Archived [19/01/09] Battrick

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I'm taking T20 bookings again.

Wednesday:
Thursday:
Saturday:

Also in the market for a friendly on Sunday.

 

[Bobisback]

2. Howard Wilkinson - 17 yo, BT Rating=16,797
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, lively fitness.
A cautious player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: proficient Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: superb Concentration: respectable
Bowling: worthless Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: abysmal

pop pop pop

 

[NZTailender]

I'm taking T20 bookings again.

Wednesday:
Thursday:
Saturday:

Also in the market for a friendly on Sunday.

Will take you on.

Tawonga Tigers Friendly Thing:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Saturday:
Sunday (OD):

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

We going full strength on Sunday? I will be anyway.

All of my BT20 friendlies will be second XI.

 

[chaminda_00]

2. Jake Lucas - 22 yo, BT Rating=59,358
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, proficient bowling form, sublime fitness.
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and competent experience.
Stamina: strong Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: exceptional Concentration: exceptional
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful

22. Prsanna Jeithoon - 22 yo, BT Rating=151,925
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, fresh fitness.
A defensive player with woeful leadership skills and competent experience.
Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: proficient
Bowling: phenomenal Consistency: miraculous
Fielding: strong

13 more weeks...

 

[NZTailender]

We going full strength on Sunday? I will be anyway.

All of my BT20 friendlies will be second XI.

Yeah sounds good. Will go 2nd XI with my BT20 as well.


Will set to bowl first.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

12. Stuart Batty - 19 yo, BT Rating=38,071
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, strong batting form, superb bowling form, energetic fitness.
A destructive player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: strong Concentration: strong
Bowling: quality Consistency: superb
Fielding: worthless

Now, here's a question. Batty was Strong/Strong batting at the start of the season.

He's been on a batting net all season, and he hasn't popped. Is something wrong or is this normal??

And is there any way to find what division I'm gonna be in next season anywhere?

 

[Mahindinho]

FINALLY! Fishy pops, and it's a double:

1. Keith Fish - 21 yo, BT Rating=81,106
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, strong batting form, feeble bowling form, energetic fitness.
A destructive player with woeful leadership skills and feeble experience.
Stamina:  respectable  Wicket Keeping: exceptional
Batting:  [B]exceptional  [/B]Concentration:  [B]sensational[/B]
Bowling:  worthless    Consistency:    proficient
Fielding: competent

It's been a long time coming.

That should be the end of his training. I was originally intending him to be my second 100k BTR player, but I'm not so sure I could afford his wages. As it is, he'll be in the side 'til he gets his Zimmerframe.

Also a fielding pop on Marshall, who's now Mediocre.

Any idea how long we've got until the start of next season? I might get a bit of a fat camp going on for my bowlers (mostly Proficient stamina) and Fish (respectable), as I'll really need them next season.

 

[Dead Badger]

I think this calendar is correct:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=ppsKx1adQaZKhFmIvNH71cQ&gid=11

Although it's possible* I will defeat Asterix on Sunday and the world will come to an end.

(*not actually possible)

 

[nibbs]

12. Stuart Batty - 19 yo, BT Rating=38,071
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, strong batting form, superb bowling form, energetic fitness.
A destructive player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: strong Concentration: strong
Bowling: quality Consistency: superb
Fielding: worthless

14-15 weeks on one net i think. so he must be very close. but, you probably should get some stamina into him. from next season 1 stam, 1 bowl, and if you have a spare net, 1 field. nothing more. get his stamina to minimum of proficient. then you should have a very useful player on your hands

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

14-15 weeks on one net i think. so he must be very close. but, you probably should get some stamina into him. from next season 1 stam, 1 bowl, and if you have a spare net, 1 field. nothing more. get his stamina to minimum of proficient. then you should have a very useful player on your hands

Thanks nibbs. Hoping to get him up to be a very useful bowler, so I may well take your advice on this one.

 

[Mahindinho]

14-15 weeks on one net i think. so he must be very close. but, you probably should get some stamina into him. from next season 1 stam, 1 bowl, and if you have a spare net, 1 field. nothing more. get his stamina to minimum of proficient. then you should have a very useful player on your hands

Thanks nibbs. Hoping to get him up to be a very useful bowler, so I may well take your advice on this one.

Depending on how many nets you've got free, I'd be inclined to take him up another level of batting, and worry about the fielding/secondaries later -- he's never exactly going to be a Jonty, after all. So 1 stamina, 1 bowling and 1 batting next season, with batting changing to fielding after he hits Quality.

It would take a while though, given that he'd be 20.

Thanks for the calendar, BTW. Fat Camp it is!

 

[Adamc]

Picked up a new batsman, hopefully will stop me getting bundled out for 87 etc.

3. Kirk Foster - 25 yo, BT Rating=125,353
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime fitness.
A steady player with proficient leadership skills and strong experience.
Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: remarkable Concentration: miraculous
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: exceptional
Fielding: competent

6m, pretty good considering I sold Cuss (wonderful/superb/proficient) for 6.375m. Have a few mil left which I'll probably spend on another trainee seeing as I'm currently destroying Wilde's fitness.

 

[Mahindinho]

6m, pretty good considering I sold Cuss (wonderful/superb/proficient) for 6.375m. Have a few mil left which I'll probably spend on another trainee seeing as I'm currently destroying Wilde's fitness.

Bargain!

Speaking as someone who _really_ doesn't hang around the transfer market much, how much do you think I'd get for these two..?

Marshall -- 18yo defensive bat, BTR 28k+
Feeble stamina
Quality batting (currently Superb, but will have popped)
Remarkable conc (currently Quality)
Mediocre fielding

Hayward -- 31yo defensive bat, BTR 11k
Feeble stamina
Strong batting
Respectable conc
Feeble fielding

I'd be looking at selling as soon as Marshall pops, early next season -- he'll be 19 by then, of course. Is it worth taking him a level of stamina up?

I've realised that I'm going to need to get two bowling trainees ASAP for use in four seasons' time, so want to "exchange" a trainee bat + makeweight + £1-2M for a finished article, probably mid-20s.

 

[Dead Badger]

Picked up a new batsman, hopefully will stop me getting bundled out for 87 etc.

Running scared ahead of the final, I see.

Is that really what 6m gets you these days, though? Blimey, I'll have to upgrade my shopping list.

 

[Adamc]

Probably get over 5m for Marshall if he had those skills now, as a 19yo presumbly it would go down a bit. Not really worth getting his stamina up a level unless he's close to a pop, won't affect his value much. The other guy will get a few hundred thousand if you're lucky.

 

[Mahindinho]

Probably get over 5m for Marshall if he had those skills now, as a 19yo presumbly it would go down a bit. Not really worth getting his stamina up a level unless he's close to a pop, won't affect his value much. The other guy will get a few hundred thousand if you're lucky.

Good to hear that -- I generally lay off stamina training until a player's older, anyway.

Having a look at the market, I'd be lucky to get £500k for Hayward...so may as well not bother as he's a useful lower order bat.

So...probably £4M for Marshall plus £2M in loose change...£6M gets an older Remark/Wonderful I suppose. Or I could keep him and use my three free training slots for skill trading, with a view towards buying a £10M player towards season's end. Tempting...

 

[andruid]

Got a bit of cash to throw at someone and I need a back up keeper with respectable primaries. Anybody with an offer?

 

[headhunter]

Poor season for us this one. Got sent back to VI in FC and after winning my V league last season, we could only manage to finish 3rd this season.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Anyone with an attacking/destructive all-rounder to sell hit me up. Have 16m to spend.